Ed H. Chi

Ed H. Chi is a Principal Scientist at Google, leading a machine learning research team focused on recommendation systems and social computing research. He has launched significant improvements of recommenders for YouTube, Google Play Store and Google+. With over 35 patents and over 100 research articles, he is known for research on Web and online social systems, and the effects of social signals on user behavior.

Prior to Google, he was the Area Manager and a Principal Scientist at Palo Alto Research Center's Augmented Social Cognition Group, where he led the team in understanding how social systems help groups of people to remember, think and reason. Ed completed his three degrees (B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.) in 6.5 years from University of Minnesota, and has been doing research on software systems since 1993. Recognized as an ACM Distinguished Scientist, he has been featured and quoted in the press, including the Economist, Time Magazine, LA Times, and the Associated Press, and has won awards for both teaching and research. In his spare time, Ed is an avid photographer and snowboarder.